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December 29, 2008
December 29, 2008Ronald S. Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress, expressed outrage over the statement made be United Nations General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann falsely accusing Israel of "collective punishment," "targeting civilians," and "disproportionate military response."
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New negotiating texts on anti-dumping and subsidies released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) reflect how far the negotiations are from being an acceptable basis for conclusion for the United States. As 2008 comes to an end, the WTO dispute settlement system continues its unacceptable pattern of rewriting the rules of trade remedies. Full release
Life for Relief and Development (LIFE), a U.S.-based charity, has begun providing emergency humanitarian relief to the civilian victims of the recent conflict in Gaza. As one of only a handful of international non-governmental organizations operating in the area, LIFE has obtained permission from the Israeli authorities to deliver urgently needed relief items to Gaza via a specially designated humanitarian corridor. Full release
New negotiating texts on anti-dumping and subsidies released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) reflect how far the negotiations are from being an acceptable basis for conclusion for the United States. As 2008 comes to an end, the WTO dispute settlement system continues its unacceptable pattern of rewriting the rules of trade remedies. Full release
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued a statement calling on the Bush administration to take concrete actions to restore the flow of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and to help reinstate the cease-fire that an Israeli newspaper admits was "unilaterally violated" by Israel. CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad read the statement this morning during a news conference, which aired live on C-SPAN, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Full release
Multinational Monitor magazine has released its annual list of the 10 worst corporations of the year. The companies on the list are: AIG, Cargill, Chevron, Constellation Energy, CNPC, Dole, General Electric, Imperial Sugar, Philip Morris International and Roche. "In the 20 years that we've published our annual list of worst corporations," says Multinational Monitor editor Robert Weissman, "we've covered corporate villains, scoundrels, criminals and miscreants. But we've never had a year like 2008." Full release
The proposals are coming fast and furious from Washington: fix the economy and generate jobs by repairing and rebuilding the nation's crumbling infrastructure. President-elect Barack Obama says he plans to make the kinds of investments not seen since the 1930s when Franklin Delano Roosevelt unleashed the New Deal in an effort to pull the nation out of The Great Depression. To help viewers better understand what exactly is at stake, the stations of WNET.ORG will air a Blueprint America special: Blueprint America: The Big Fix airing Tuesday, December 30th from 9:00-10:00 p.m. on THIRTEEN and from 12:00-1:00 a.m on WLIW21. Full release
This is the WashingtonWatch.com federal legislative update for the week of December 29, 2008. Just before the beginning of the 2009 fiscal year in October, Congress passed a temporary spending measure to fund the operations of the government until March. Without action early in the next Congress, though, funding for much of the government will run out. The stopgap bill passed in September set full year FY 2009 funding levels for Defense, Homeland Security, and Military Veterans. It spent about $8,000 per U.S. family. But the rest of the government's operations remain unfunded past early March. Full release
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to contact public officials and urge them to condemn Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip that have killed almost 300 people and injured hundreds more, including women and children. In its bombardment of Gaza, Israel has targeted at least one mosque, a university and a warehouse for medical supplies. Full release